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    William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. He...
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  • following is the solo discography of Smokey Robinson from 1973 to the present day. For information about Robinson's recorded output as a member of The Miracles...
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    The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group that was the first successful recording act...
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  • This is a list of songs written by Smokey Robinson. Songs written by Smokey Robinson, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014 Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top...
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    husband, Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson. Claudette Rogers and Smokey Robinson were married on November 7, 1959. Smokey and Claudette had plans to raise...
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    and performed by American singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson for Motown Records' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work...
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  • Anniversary Collection: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: Music". Amazon. 1994. Retrieved June 22, 2013. "iTunes – Music – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles:...
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    Tarplin played guitar as they performed for Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson. Robinson was impressed by Tarplin's guitar playing, and lured him away...
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  • Smokey's Family Robinson is an album by Smokey Robinson, released in 1976. The title is a pun on The Swiss Family Robinson. The album peaked at No. 57...
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  • Motown singing group The Miracles. Smokey Robinson Ronnie White Pete Moore Clarence Dawson James Grice Smokey Robinson Ronnie White Pete Moore Bobby Rogers...
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  • tribute to R&B and soul singer Smokey Robinson. In the United States, Robinson's single "One Heartbeat" and ABC's "When Smokey Sings" were ranked in the Billboard...
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    Miracles member Smokey Robinson, although the two would not meet until 15 years later. The 1960 single "Shop Around", with Smokey Robinson on lead, was Motown's...
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    The Smokey Robinson Show was a 1970 musical variety special starring Smokey Robinson & The Miracles. It aired on ABC on December 18, 1970, and featured...
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    successful artists. In 1959, with the encouragement of Miracles leader Smokey Robinson, Gordy borrowed $800 (equivalent to $8,361.6 in 2023) from his family...
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  • and produced by Smokey Robinson, and several other members of the Miracles as well. Several of the songs are covers of songs Robinson produced for the...
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  • The Tears of a Clown (category Songs written by Smokey Robinson)
    Clown" is a song written by Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla Records...
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    section of Detroit, near Highland Park, Michigan, where her neighbor was Smokey Robinson. When Ross was seven, her mother contracted tuberculosis, causing her...
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    Fogerty[N2] Roy Orbison Bruce Springsteen[N2] Carl Perkins Sam Phillips[N3] Smokey Robinson Daryl Hall[N2] and John Oates[N2] Big Joe Turner Doc Pomus[N2] Muddy...
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  • The Tracks of My Tears (category Songs written by Smokey Robinson)
    "The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally...
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  • Gasms (category Smokey Robinson albums)
    Smokey Robinson on the meaning of the album title and its conceptual focus Gasms is a studio album by American soul music vocalist Smokey Robinson, released...
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  • and academics as well as archival footage. Sam Cooke Quincy Jones Smokey Robinson Dionne Warwick Lou Adler Al Schmitt Jerry Brandt Jim Brown Marjorie...
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  • Primes, Diana Ross, lead singer for the Primettes, Smokey Robinson, lead singer of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, and Berry Gordy, founder and owner...
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  • Smokin' is a Smokey Robinson live album released in 1978. "The Tracks of My Tears" "Love So Fine" "Baby That's Backatcha" "The Agony and the Ecstasy"...
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    as the background "baritone in the middle". Some examples are, The Smokey Robinson and Eddie Kendricks written track "Don't Send Me Away" from the LP...
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  • Smokey is the debut studio album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Smokey Robinson. It was released on June 19, 1973, by Tamla Records...
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  • I Second That Emotion (category Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson)
    Emotion" is a 1967 song written by Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland. First charting as a hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on the Tamla/Motown...
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    My Girl (The Temptations song) (category Songs written by Smokey Robinson)
    members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, it became the Temptations' first U.S. number 1 single, and is currently their signature song. Robinson's inspiration...
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  • lead singer Smokey Robinson wrote, produced, and sings lead on "More Love", which he considers one of his most personal compositions. Robinson wrote the...
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  • Ooo Baby Baby (category Songs written by Smokey Robinson)
    "Ooo Baby Baby" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore. It was a 1965 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. The song has...
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  • the group's final series of live concerts with original lead singer Smokey Robinson, recorded over a period of three days, July 14–16, during the 1972...
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